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 "Delightful book reviews... I am tired of reviewers saying everything in a book is delightful when the recipes are not authentic or not written clearly."
- Sue Fowells, Vancouver USA
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Edible |
REV: 1st & 2nd Qtr 09 |
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Cameron House |
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| We gobble up cooking encyclopedias, so relished our copy of Edible, the illustrated guide to the world's food plants. Even better, one of our favorite food historians, Barbara Santich, is its principal consultant. Our only quibble: alternative names omit North American usage. Rocket, for example, ignores its Italian and American namesake arugula. Cassia is given short shift, and grades of cinnamon bark vs inner quills ignored. |
| As for pepper, here it appears photo editors chose sumac to illustrate "true pink or red peppercorns." Red-ripened pepper is actually black pepper grown an additional 8-9 days on the vine until red hued. Only a few corns can be cultivated from each strand, lest it stop fruiting. Not to be confused with pink or red peppercorns, which are sumac and not pepper at all. Cameron House (Australia), A$39.95. |
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| While Michelin reaches for stars, humble hawker fare rates rice bowls and chopsticks from Asia's Makansutra. There's hardly a better city for cheap eats than Singapore, and its food courts are excellently covered in the city-state's annual. We're doubly delighted about the '09 premier of Makansutra Beijing. In these austere economic times, we suspect this street food guide may outsell Michelin. |
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